Resources - Flower Library

Welcome to our Flower Library. In these pages you will find over 134 of the most common florist flowers and foliages used in floral design. We have pictured and detailed the common and botanical names of each flower along with it's seasonal availability and colors. You may search for a flower by name or by image. For each flower we have detailed the care and conditioning methods, storage temperatures, design notes and problems specific to each flower. Also included in these pages are interesting facts about each flower including the country or region of origin, how the flower came to named, and historical notes about the flower.

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Rose, Hybrid Tea

Rose, Hybrid Tea

Hybrid Tea roses typically bear large, single blooms on long, straight stems.   The blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures. The petals are usually pointed and may form a classic "teacup" shape, giving rise to the name "Hybrid Tea."

Rose Spray

Rose Spray

Spray roses are hybrid tea roses with smaller blossoms and multiple a stems, each with a bloom branching out from a center stem. giving the appearance of a cluster or spray.   The small blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures. 

Rose, Sweetheart

The Sweetheart Rose is miniature hybrid tea rose. A single blossom, 1/2 to 1 inch long opening to 2 to 3 inches across on a stem 6 to 15 inches long.  The blooms often feature a high center point with spiraling petals that gradually unfurl as the flower matures.

A detail image of Carthamus also known as Safflower.

Safflower - Carthamus

Orange and yellow thin petals emerging from a one inch thistle-like green globe.

Scabiosa

Scabiosa

Round single flowers, 2 to 3 inches across, with overlapping papery petals.  

Scabiosa Pods

Scabiosa Pods

Scabiosa pods are the dried fruiting structures of the Scabiosa flower. These pods develop after the flower blooms and fades. The small, round, and beautifully textured pods are formed by many small little rounded circles that create a rounded ball shape. 

Snapdragon

Snapdragon

A spiked, terminal raceme with multiple florets. The florets are shaped like little dragon heads, with upper and lower lips which will open when you gently squeeze the sides of the blossom.  

Solidaster

Solidaster

Hundreds of tiny yellow flowers on multi-branching stems.

Spirea - Bridal Wreath

Spirea - Bridal Wreath

Delicate dense clusters of small flowers, called corymbs that cascade down its graceful, curving branches. 

Star of Bethlehem

Hundreds of small star shaped flowers cluster at the top of leafless stems, 12 to 24 inches long.

Statice

Statice

A large family of diverse shapes and sizes. Blossoms are tiny white or yellow flowers surrounded by papery bracts of lavender, white, pink, yellow and purple. Often the true flower is absent and the bracts make up the blossom.

Stephanotis

Stephanotis

Small, waxy, highly fragrant, star-shaped flowers. The blossoms are cut from a vine and sold stemless in humid, air tight boxes or bags.  

Stock

Stock

Fragrant, tightly clustered one inch florets on a spike topping a single stem.

A detail image of Strawflower.

Strawflower

Daisy-shaped two inch blossoms with crisp, papery texture

Sunflower

Sunflower

Very large daisy-like composite blossoms, with petals (ray florets) surrounding a contrasting center (disc florets).

Sweet Pea

Sweet Pea

Distinctive pea-vine type foliage with tendrils. Three to four blossoms of very delicate petals on stems 6 to 8 inches in length branching off from the vine.

A detail image of Dianthus Barbatus also known as Sweet William.

Sweet William - Dianthus Barbatus

Tiny, densely clustered florets with fringed petals and often a contrasting “eye” on multi-branched flat-topped clusters at stem ends.

Sword Fern

Large, arching fronds, 20 inches to 60 inches in length.  Each frond consists of numerous leaflets, or pinnae, which are arranged alternately along the stem. The leaflets have toothed margins, giving the fronds a serrated appearance.

Ti Leaf

Ti leaves are long, narrow, and sword-shaped, with a pointed tip. They range in length from about 1 to 2 feet. The leaves have a smooth and glossy texture